Coffee tastes better if the latrines are dug downstream from an encampment.
- US Army Field Regulations, 1861
Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you.
- Your Buddies
A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit.
- the Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.
AIM towards the Enemy.
- Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher
Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs always hit the ground.
- US Air Force
Five-second fuses only last three seconds.
- Infantry Journal
Hey, you're going to hurt someone if you keep doing that!!!
- Harry Seacomb upon coming under German fire whilst in the desert relieving himself against a cactus; he described it as 'the moment the war got personal'.
If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid.
If the enemy is in range, so are you.
- Infantry Journal
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.
- David Hackworth
If your attack is going too well, you have walked into an ambush.
- Infantry Journal
Never trust a private with a loaded weapon, or an officer with a map.
Push to test ... Release to detonate.
Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy someone else to shoot at.
The easy way is always mined.
The purpose of war is not to die for your country. The purpose of war is to ensure that the other guy dies for his country.
- General Patton
Tracers work both ways.
- US Army Ordnance
Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.
- Infantry Journal
When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.
- US Marine Corps
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